I am an avid fan of The Cardigans, thus, Nina Perssons and anything she touches I'll at least give a shot. Her side project, ACamp put out their self titled debut in 2004 and the fuzzed out folk rock of Nina and co. was a solid, crafty bit of songs easy to lose yourself in. The Baroque pop and roots rock mix of 'Colonia' -- not so much. It's clunky, the choruses never find their stride, and really, half the album is boring to come back to a second time. :'( 3.0

Britt Daniels produces an extremely promising bands follow up to a stellar debut -- that pretty much sounds like a dumbed down version of said debut. Minus the immediacy and sense of purpose the first set of songs had...boo. 3.0

These dudes are from Rhode Island, so am I, I love supporting local acts, plus their debut 'War Elephant', albeit scattered, was promising. This is 40 minute of generic 'stand up and do...something' acoustic music.